Medium expanded its data sharing disclosure to specify that vendors and service providers may receive 'information you submitted or posted through our Service' and may 'scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.' The policy previously stated only that vendors needed access to personal information to perform services; it did not explicitly describe content analysis or machine learning training. The updated language now discloses that your posted content and messages may be analyzed and used to train, test, and improve machine learning models.
Consumers: Medium now tells you that third-party vendors may analyze your posted content and messages to improve AI systems.
Data controllers: Organizations using Medium may need to update their own privacy notices and vendor contracts to reflect this expanded disclosure of how Medium shares user content with third parties.
The updated policy discloses that vendors, service providers, and consultants with access to your information may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. The policy now explicitly states that these parties may use this information to train, test, and improve machine learning models and algorithms. Previously, the policy described vendor access only in terms of performing services such as hosting, analytics, and payment processing, without mentioning content analysis or AI model training. Under the revised terms, your posted content and communications may be analyzed by third parties for machine learning purposes.
Vendors may now scan, analyze, and review user content, messages, and AI interactions for machine learning model training.
Third-party vendors are explicitly authorized to use user data to train, test, and improve machine learning models and algorithms.
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Medium expanded its vendor data sharing disclosure to explicitly authorize third-party analysis of user-generated content, messages, and AI interactions for machine learning model training. The change adds specificity about what data vendors may access (posted …
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